Americans have recognized Black History annually since 1926, first as “Negro History Week” and now as “African American History Month.” Carter Godwin Woodson initiated Negro History Week on February 12, 1926. Dr. Woodson was concerned that the contributions of Black Americans were being overlooked or misrepresented and he began lobbying for Negro History Week. He selected the month of February because it included the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln (February 12) and Frederick Douglas (February 14), whom he believed had dramatically influenced the lives of Black Americans In 1976, Woodson’s legacy, now renamed the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, successfully lobbied to extend Black History Week into a month-long observance.

To learn more about African American History Month, visit this SITE (Library of Congress).

Americans have recognized Black History annually since 1926, first as “Negro History Week” and now as “African American History Month.” Carter Godwin Woodson initiated Negro History Week on February 12, 1926. Dr. Woodson was concerned that the contributions of Black Americans were being overlooked or misrepresented and he began lobbying for Negro History Week. He selected the month of February because it included the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln (February 12) and Frederick Douglas (February 14), whom he believed had dramatically influenced the lives of Black Americans In 1976, Woodson’s legacy, now renamed the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, successfully lobbied to extend Black History Week into a month-long observance.

To learn more about African American History Month, visit this SITE (Library of Congress).

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It is possible to escape a multitude of trouble by living an insignificant life.

John Henry Jewett

Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or we grow weak, and at last some crisis shows us what we have become.